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Bode Miller yesterday became both the oldest Alpine skier to win an Olympic medal and the US skier with the most Olympic medals, when he won bronze in the super-G—but what most people are talking about after the win is the uncomfortable interview that followed. Miller, interviewed by NBC's Christin Cooper, brought up his younger brother, who died last year. "With my brother passing away, I really wanted to come back here and race the way he sends it," he said, according to USA Today. But Cooper then continued to ask questions about Miller's brother, even after he started crying. After the third question, Miller broke down and eventually walked away; cameras followed him as he knelt and cried, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Fansided points out one common criticism of the interview: NBC chose to air it, despite the fact that it had the footage hours in advance of primetime. Miller later addressed the emotional moment, the Guardian reports: "It was just some questions and comments about my brother. ... It was just a lot of emotion." He also urged people not to blame Cooper, on his Twitter account: "I appreciate everyone sticking up for me. Please be gentle w christin cooper, it was crazy emotional and not all her fault. #heatofthemoment ... My emotions were very raw, she asked the questions that every interviewer would have, pushing is part of it, she wasnt trying to cause pain." (On Saturday, the Salt Lake Tribune pointed out that asking about death is sort of a theme for reporters at these Olympics.) With Miller's win, the US continued a streak: So far, it's won at least one medal per day, according to The Wire. If it manages to keep that up for the rest of the Games, it will be just the fourth country ever to do so.

When I saw this "interview" last night it made me sick. The unprofessionalism of this reporter is so extreme that she needs to be interviewing grade school children. No wait, she would have all of them crying too; and enjoying every minute of it. You could tell that she was really trying hard to make him hurt and cry. I sincerely hope that when she suffers some tragedy that there will be her fellow reporters right there in her face doing the same thing to her. I want to see her pained face, But, there again, I am assuming that she has a heart to break and she proved me wrong about that last night. I called it right then; she is just a heartless female dog.

Jack snas

Feb 17, 2014 6:09 PM CST

Miller is a class act NBC and Christin Cooper are not. This is a vulgar display of American journalism that is more the norm than the exception because people will not draw the line on what is expectable and what is not. Its obvious that NBC will do anything for ratings and draws the line somewhere around the bottom of dirt journalism . discussing